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Potential Cabinet Picks - Claim to Fame

Here is an alphabetical "short list" of potential cabinet picks, with an indication of their claim to fame.

Jeff Bingaman, Sen (D-NM)

Earl Blumenauer, Rep (D-OR)

David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, former U.S. senator, and former Gov (D-OK)

William Bratton, Los Angeles police chief and former New York police commissioner

Max Cleland, former Sen (D-GA)

Susan Collins, Sen (R-ME)

Jon Corzine, Gov (D-NJ) and a former executive at the Goldman Sachs

Richard Danzig, Navy Secretary under Clinton

Tom Daschle, former Democratic Senate majority leader from South Dakota

Howard Dean, physician and Democratic National Committee Chairman

Tammy Duckworth, Director of Illinois Veterans’ Affairs

Robert Gates, incumbent Defense Seretary

Timothy Geithner, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Richard Gephardt, former Rep (D-MO)

Chuck Hagel, Senator (R-NB)

John Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS and former deputy secretary of defense

Jane Harman, Rep (D-CA)

Gary Hart, former Sen (D-CO)

Eric Holder, Deputy AG under Clinton

Jay Inslee, Rep (D-WA)

Jesse Jackson Jr., Rep (D-Il)

Valerie Jarrett, Obama Advisor, Chicago lawyer

Tim Kaine, Gov (D-VA)

Tom Kean, former Gov (R-NJ) and former chairman of the 9/11 Commission

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., third of 11 children born to Ethel Skakel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy and is the nephew of John F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy. He is an environmental lawyer and co-host of Ring of Fire on the Air America Radio network (Wikipedia).

John Kerry, Senator (D-MA)

John Kitzhaber, physician and former Gov (D-OR)

Joel Klein, Chancellor of New York City's Department of Education

Richard Lugar, Senator (R-IN)

George Miller, Rep (D-CA)

Janet Napolitano, Gov (D-AZ)

James Oberstar, (D-MN) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Representative

Deval Patrick, Gov (D-MA)

James Peake, incumbent Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Collin Peterson, Rep (D-MN)

Penny Pritzker, American business executive, and a member of the Pritzker family of Chicago, one of America's wealthiest families

Ed Rendell, Gov (D-PA)

Bill Richardson, Gov (D-NM)

Tim Roemer, former Rep (D-IN) and member of the 9/11 Commission

Kathleen Sebelius, Gov (D-KS)

Olympia Snowe, Sen (R-ME)

Lawrence Summers, Treasury secretary under Bill Clinton

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gov (R-CA)

Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union

Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve

Tom Vilsack, former Gov ( -IA)

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